Vehicle spring and shock-absorber.



O. A. VICTEL.

VEHIOLHSPRING AND SHOCK ABSORBER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 16, 1913.

1,105,726. Patented Aug. 4, 19m

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QLAIF VTUJTEL, O'F GRANVILLE, NORTH DAKOTA.

Vii HOLE SPRING AND SHOCK-ABSORBER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. it, 191.4.

Application filed May 16, 1913. Serial No. 766,056.

To all "uni/mt it may concern:

Be it known that I, Own A. violate, a citizen of the United. States, residing at Granville, in the county of McHenry and State oi North llakota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Vehicle Springs and ShocloAbsorbers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention has for its object to provide an improved spring for vehicles and, to this end, it consists of the novel devices and combinations of devices hereinafter described and defined in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate the invention, like characters indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is a side view of the improved spring secured in working position to the running gear of an-' automobile, some parts bein broken away, some parts being shown in section, and other parts being indicated in diagram; and Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section, taken substantially on the line :0 w of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, the invention is shown applied in working position to the running gear of an automobile. The numeral 1 indicates one of the side bars of the automobile irame, and the numeral 2 indicates the front axle on which is. journaled a wheel 3, shown in diagram.

Rigidly secured to and depending from the side bar 1 is a yoke 4 having its upper transverse portion reinforced by an L-shaped strap 5, secured to said yoke and the side bar 1. Resting on the axle 2, directly under the yoke l, 'is a horizontally extended cap plate (3 having front and rear hinge'lugs 7. On the under side of the cap plate 6 is a pair of laterally spaced angle pieces 8 that embrace the mile .2 and hold the cap plate 6 against transverse movement thereon. The cap plate (3 is 'frictionally clamped onto the axle it by a clamping plate 9 having on its upper face a filler block l0 extend ng between the depending horizontal edges of the angle pieces 8 and bearing against the under face of the aide it, Nut equipped draw bolts 11 a re passed through alined perforations in and the cap plate 6.

.155 are secured, at their lower ends, to the cap plate (I, and their intermediate portions are slidably mounted in perforations l3 .:formed in the lower transverse portion of the yoke 4. 'lhcse plnngers 153 are laterally spaced, longitudinally of the axle 2, to give greater stability to the spring structure for resisting side strains of the vehicle. The upper ends of the plungers 12 are connected and held for straight line vertical move- :ment by a follower 14, located Within the yoke l and having sliding engagement with the vertical members thereof. ll'lounted on the plungers 19 are pairs of opposing coiled springs 15 and 16. The coiled springs 15 support the load of the vehicle and are compressed between the bottom of the yoke i The springs 16 are compressed between the transverse portion of the yoke l and the follower 14- and act as shock absorbers during the recoil of the spring 15 on the rebound of the vehicle body. Front and rear hinge straps 17 and 18 are provided for holding the axle 2 against front and rear movements with respect to the side bar 1 and they also permit irec vertical movements of the axle with respect to said side bar. The ends of the front strap 1.7 a re pivotally secured, by hinge pins 19, to the side bar 1 and the trout hinge lugs 7 of the cap plate (5. The front end of the rear hinge strap ispivotally secured to the rear hinge lugs 7 of the cap plate (3, by a hinge pin 20, and the rear end thereof is connected to the side bar 1 by a pair of laterally spaced swinging links 21.

What I claim is: i

The combination with a vehicle frame and an axle, oi a yoke on said frame, a cap plate secured to and resting on said axle, a pair oi upwardly projecting plungers, rigidly secured at their lower ends to said cap plate, and working through the transverse portion of said yoke, said plungers being laterally spaced longitudinally of said axle, a tlollower connccting the upper ends of said plunger-s and working in said yoke, opposing pairs of coiled springs on said plungcrs,

one pair of said springs being compressed In testimony whereof I afiix my signature betweleln saifd axle and yoke, and the otlie in presence of twoiwitnesses. pair t ereo bein compressed between sai follower and yoke and a pair of oppositely OLAF VICTEL' 5 extended flexible connections, connecting Witnesses:

said cap plate to said vehicle frame on op- O. J. KROGFOSS, posite sides of said axle. NELs L. J oHNsoN. 

